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Whatever the Kings got, the Cavs can’t get their hands around. The Cavs now drop to 11 losses in 16 attempts since 2016 against the Kings who have a 45.1% winning percentage over that time. Weird result, weird game. The Cavs looked like they were on the verge of breaking the game open until Donovan Mitchell went down with an ankle injury that had fans holding their breath from Amherst to Ashtabula. The Cavs were up 6 when he went out and then were down 4 by the time he returned 6 minutes later. The good news is Mitchell looked okay and played the entire fourth quarter. The bad news is his injury left the Cavs shell shocked and took any energy out of the building and out of the lineup. We’ll get to the late game situation later, but...

With one win needed to clinch the #1 seed in the East (who among us saw this coming in October?) the Cavs host the Sacramento Kings, who are on the 5th game of an eastern road trip. So far they are 1-3 with the win coming against the 19-58 Hornets. The Kings have been sputtering lately having lost 7 of their last 9 and 12 of their last 17. They are in 10th place in the West, two games ahead of Phoenix for the last play-in spot. The Kings are 37-40 overall, 18-21 on the road, and 11-26 against teams .500 and over. Both the Cavs and Kings had Saturday off after playing Friday. These teams played in Sacramento on March 9 with the Kings winning 123-119. Darius Garland was out for the Cavs while the Kings were missing Domantas Sabonis and...

The Cavs are back on a winning “streak” after consecutive wins over the Clippers and Knicks, both at home. But now it’s back on the road again as they head down to San Antonio for a rematch against the Spurs, who they beat in Cleveland a week ago by a 124-116 score. That game was tied at 112 with three minutes to go when Jarrett Allen went nuts with 7 points, 3 rebounds and a blocked shot to put it in the Cavs’ column. Mobley and Jerome were out that night. Mobley is back but Jerome is still out and so is Dean Wade with an illness. The Spurs are still missing Wemby and De’Aaron Fox, of course, and Jeremy Sochan is also out. Sochan is listed as their starting center at the moment (even though he's a 6'8" forward) and backup center...

Following a big win over the Clippers the Cavs stay home for a two-day rest before hosting the Knicks. The Cavs are 2-0 against the Knicks and have one more game against them after this one which will be in 9 days in New York. The Knicks played the Sixers in the Apple Tuesday night so they will be on the second night of a back-to-back with travel. The Knicks will be without leading scorer Jalen Brunson, who averages 26.3 points and 7.4 assists for the season. In two games against the Cavs he’s averaging 23.5 points. The Knicks are 48-27 overall and 8-5 without Brunson. In spite of his scoring they are 4.9 points worse when he is on the floor. The problem with Brunson being out is that the Knicks don’t have much of a bench and play...

The weary Cavs return home for a Sunday matinee against the LA Clippers, who beat them in LA 12 days ago 132-119. The Clippers are 42-31 and in 6th place, just two games behind the Lakers and Grizzlies for 4th place with nine games to play. The Clippers finally have all their big dogs healthy and they are on a major roll having won 10 of 12 with one of the losses by 2 points to OKC. This is a very talented and experienced team led by James Harden (age 35), Kawhi Leonard (33), and Norman Powell (31). Those are their top three scorers with each averaging 20-22 ppg. Bogdan Bogdanovic (32) is a sharpshooter off the bench. Ivica Zubac (28) treated the Cavs like a chew toy in the first game with 28 points and 20 rebounds. He was like...

Too little too late, and the Pistons ate up the Cavs plate. The Cavs have been playing with their food a little too much in March and teams fighting for their playoff lives have taken full advantage of that. The Pistons were just the latest in line to out little thing’d the Cavs. The Pistons took better care of the ball, created more second chances, got more easy buckets and build a lead on Cavalier apathy. The Pistons were without Cade Cunningham and still scored 133 points and put up a 131.7 oRTG. The Cavs defense has struggled more of late than overall -- they’re 22nd over their last 8 games (to which they’re 3-5). Over that stretch, their dREB% is dead last in the league. What hurt them for most of the game against the Pistons...

With a three-game win streak in tow the Cavs head to Detroit for what appears to be a schedule loss. The Cavs will be playing on the second night of a back-to-back with travel while the Pistons have been home for a week and had the last two days off. The Cavs will be playing their third game in four nights. Last night's game against the Spurs came down to the wire and Donovan Mitchell played 35 minutes. Evan Mobley got the night off, however, and nobody else played more than 31 minutes. The Pistons are 41-32 and 2.0 games behind the Pacers for 4th place in the East. Detroit is 0.5 games ahead of Milwaukee so they could realistically finish anywhere from 4th through 6th. Obviously they would prefer 4th so they get home court advantage...

To save you from reading the entire article: Donovan Mitchell started it, and Jarrett Allen ended it. With no Ty Jerome and Evan Mobley, the Cavs relied on two of the core four to carry the load offensively but were helped out by key contributions across the role player spectrum. While the Cavs bench was outscored by 10-points for the game, the Cavs ability to produce in the clutch (they went on a 12-4 run to end the game) was the difference. Despite no Victor Wembanyama or De’Aaron Fox, the Spurs have been a scrappy team. Coming into the game, they were 4-3 including a win versus the Knicks. All that due to the 8th best offense (somehow) over the last two weeks. While the Cavs had their trouble in their defensive woes pop up in the...

The Cavaliers, back on a winning streak after a very impressive win over the Trailblazers, return home for their first game of the season against the San Antonio Spurs. The Cavs catch a break because both of their games against the Spurs were scheduled for the final weeks, after Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox went down with season ending injuries. The Spurs are 31-40 and effectively out of the playoff chase in the ultra-competitive Western Conference, but they’ve been doing alright recently, winning 5 of 8. They are 8-11 without Wemby and 4-3 since Fox went down. As a team they are averaging 123.8 points per game in March, a big jump from the 114.6 they average on the season. Go figure. The Cavs should not take this team lightly...